Advanced Critical Care Practice

Course detail Description

This course is suitable for nurses and allied healthcare professionals currently employed in clinical practice as an ACCP trainee in an intensive care unit. Applicants must be employed in ACCP trainee roles before commencing this postgraduate course. Please note that there are a limited number of places available on each optional module. You will have the opportunity to discuss your choices with your personal tutor.

The objective of the programme is to produce high quality patient-centred practitioners with appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to enable them to practice in intensive care.

For further information about our postgraduate opportunities, please visit our Faculty Postgraduate Study handbook here.

Lectures, seminars and feedback are approximately 150 hours (25% of total hours) in a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, project supervision and workshops.

Self-study is approximately 450 hours (75% of total hours) of independent study such as preparing for scheduled sessions, follow-up work, wider reading, and completion of assessment task or revision. This will vary according to the optional modules chosen.

Students are expected to undertake on average 14.5 hours of self-study per week.

Contact time is based on 24 academic weeks, whereas self-study time is based on 31 academic weeks. Typically, one credit equates to ten hours of work.

Students are assessed through a combination of coursework, which can include written assignments such as essays, portfolios and dissertations, and examinations.

In addition, some modules will require students to undertake a presentation as part of the module assessment. A small number of modules are assessed by an exam such as OSCEs (objective structured clinical examination) or a computer-based assessment.

All students will also have to complete a clinical competency assessment document using the FICM ACCP assessment documents.

The study time and assessment methods detailed above are typical and give you a good indication of what to expect. However, they may change if the course modules change.

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Structure

Year 1 Courses are divided into modules, and students on this course take modules totalling PG Dip: 120 credits. Required Modules

Required modules

You are required to take:
• Advanced Assessment Skills for Non-Medical Practitioners (30 credits)
• Prescribing (60 credits)

Optional modules

In addition, students take 30 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:
• Applied Pathophysiology in Advanced Practice (30 credits)
• Advanced Practice Clinical Portfolio (15 credits)

Students will be permitted to take additional credits up to the maximum allowed by regulations. The inclusion of a particular optional module in a named pathway is subject to the approval of the pathway leader. These modules can be taken from another faculty at King’s College London. These modules can be taken in any order.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.